Saving Cats from Kidney Disease with AI (w/ Kay O’Donnell) and Eye Contact Reduces Lying

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Warner Bros. Discovery

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4.6 • 963 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Learn about why eye contact can make you more honest. Then, you’ll learn about RenalTech, the first AI-based diagnostic tool in veterinary medicine, and how it could enable early prediction of chronic kidney disease to save cats’ lives, from special guest Kay O’Donnell.

Resources from Kay O’Donnell, Vice President of the WALTHAM Petcare Science Institute:

Press release

[Press Release] New AI-driven diagnostic tool can predict chronic kidney disease in cats two years before traditional diagnosis | WALTHAM Petcare Science Institute — https://www.waltham.com/news-events/biomarkers/new-ai-driven-diagnostic-tool-can-predict-chronic-kidney-disease-in-cats-two-years-before-traditional-diagnosis/5860/
[Published Study] Predicting early risk of chronic kidney disease in cats using routine clinical laboratory tests and machine learning | Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, September 2019 — https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvim.15623
RenalTech: New Diagnostic Tool Can Predict CKD in Cats Two Years Before Onset | Today’s Veterinary Practice — https://todaysveterinarypractice.com/renaltech-new-diagnostic-tool-can-predict-ckd-in-cats-two-years-before-onset/
Predicting Disease: The Promise of Artificial Intelligence for Pet Care | Clinician’s Brief — https://www.cliniciansbrief.com/article/predicting-disease-promise-artificial-intelligence-pet-care
Antech signals 'new era of innovation' with first AI-powered veterinary diagnostic | AnimalPharm — https://animalpharm.agribusinessintelligence.informa.com/AP016298/Antech-signals-new-era-of-innovation-with-first-AIpowered-veterinary-diagnostic

Additional sources:

Eye contact reduces lying | ScienceDaily — https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181109122629.htm
Study PDF — https://trepo.tuni.fi/bitstream/10024/105228/1/Eye%20Contact%20Reduces%20Lying_2018.pdf

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0:37.0	I'm Cody Goff.
0:38.0	And I'm Ashley Hamer.
0:39.0	Today you learn about why eye contact can help make you more honest.
0:42.0	Then you learn about the first AI-based
0:44.7	diagnostic tool in veterinary medicine and how it could save cats lives from special guest
0:50.3	K O'Donnell. but satisfy some curiosity.
0:53.6	If you think a loved one is lying to you, is there a particular phrase you say to them?
0:58.4	A lot of people might say something like, look me in the eyes.
1:01.8	And according to science, that's actually a pretty effective technique.
1:05.2	It turns out that eye contacts can make you more honest.
1:08.2	For a recent study, psychologists in Finland investigated the effect of eye contact on lying.
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